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SOLD 5 STRING BANJOS
(4 STRING BANJOS FOLLOW)
ARIA
PRO II BANJO, W.H.Cs. $499, VG+ condition!SOLD
NICE
HEAVYWEIGHT BLUEGRASS BANJO WITH GIBSON MASTERTONE STYLE TONE RING. THiS is
A GREAT BUYS FOR a REAL BLUEGRASS BANJO (THAT MEANS LOUD AND HEAVY),
IN THE under
$1000 PRICE RANGE! AT
THE MOMENT THE ARIA HAS NYLON STRINGS ON IT!
LEFT PIC IS THE BACK OF A VENTURA (SEE BELOW)
B.B.
ENGLISH OPENBACK $379SOLD
really
nice sounding for a light banjo, in very good shape!
it has a rolled tone ring. probably from around 1900!
nice straight neck, plays good!
BLUE
COMET OPENBACK**, Circa 1920's, $329, VGC SOLD
has a wooden tonering/rim
and a skin head. a nice oldtimey sound, not a lot of volume but a typical
warm sound and good tone for this type of construction (wooden tonering).
i've cut away a bit of the metal on the rim in the area where your
thumb plays to make it easier to get that sweet tone by playing over the end
of the neck (the oldtimey scoop, for frailing), and added the wooden
armrest. **the
logo is really cool looking on the headstock!
COLUMBIA OPENBACK, EX-PLECTRUM $395, VGC, PICS
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it has a rolled
tonering on top of the rim, and so has more brightness and projection than a
wood rim/tonering. my conversion, i've suspended the 5th string out in
space, so it's a little hard for fret, unless you play air banjo! If you
don't play melody on the 5th it's no big deal (most oldtimey players
don't). lovely birds eye maple on the side of the rim too! plastic
head.
a fine sounding banjo with good projection!
DEERING BOSTON GUITAR/BANJO, Used $699 ($1299 list)
»http://www.deeringbanjos.com
In
excellent condition, a great deal for the price! SOLD!
DEERING VEGA 2 $2299 ($3199 LIST) marked down, a little shop worn, nothing serious SOLD!
GOLDSTAR Mastertone copy $950, in very good shape! No longer produced, SOLD!
Goldtone Deluxe Dojo
$599 ($899 list)SOLD
A
REALLY DELUXE VERSION OF THE STANDARD DOJO, AT A DELUXE PRICE! VERY NICE TONE!
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, A BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT!
GIBSON MASTERTONE
RB-250 w/Huber tonering, #738309, 1970, $1500 »SOLD BANJOS
rob
horgans' banjo (on consignment)! a good sounding mastertone, with medium wear,
as you can see in the pictures, but that's probably why it sounds so good!
railroad spikes at 7, 8, 9 & 10.
GOLDSTAR Mastertone copy $950, in very good shape! No longer produced, SOLD!
GIBSON
PROFESSIONAL Style 6 with later Mastertone pot $1590 VG+
PICS »SOLD BANJOS
neck is
circa 1927-1937, pot is much newer, flathead. a most unusual banjo, might
have been a custom, extra wide neck plectrum! it has all 5 tuners on the headstock, and a place at the 5th fret where a
railroad spike had been, although i've tuned it up to standard tuning with
no problem, without the spike.
GIBSON
MASTERTONE FLATTOP 1925, VG+ With
new neck in the original style made by Larry Cohea in 1978! PICS
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Tube and
Plate construction, 3 ply rim. the banjo is really in very good shape for its'
age, just needs some polishing on the hardware. it has a really great sound,
as you might expect from a pot of this vintage, and the neck is a fine neck
also! if this was all original it would be about $8,000, so this is a bargain
for that vintage flattop mastertone sound!
GRETSCH OPENBACK $349
VGC+
ANOTHER BASIC OPENBACK THAT I LIKE, WITH NO TONERING, SIMILAR
TO THE ABOVE KAYS. THIS ONE ALSO HAS A SWEET RING IN THE UPPER REGISTER,
AND A NICE COLOR TO THE MAPLE!
JB SCHALL, CIRCA 1900,
DOUBLE-SPUN OR DOUBLE-CLAD RIM $550 SOLD
engraved German Silver plates on the peghead and
fingerboard, and all star neck inlays like these (and like the banjo PICTURED »HERE
«
). The banjo itself is in very good shape, but the
plating on the pot is worn. It has a newer metal armrest, and old no-knot
tailpiece. These double clad banjo rims are BRIGHT sounding, and
so I have this one strung nylon, which sounds really nice! You might find it a
little bright with steel strings.
OPENBACK, EX-PLECTRUM $395, VGC it has a rolled tonering on top of the rim, and so has more brightness and projection than a wood rim/tonering. my conversion, i've suspended the 5th string out in space, so it's a little hard to fret, unless you play air banjo! If you don't play melody on the 5th it's no big deal (most oldtimey players don't). lovely flame maple on the side of the rim and the neck too! plastic head. a fine sounding banjo with good projection! SOLD
LEO banjo by FENDER CIRCA 1970 $649, X
CONDITION! PICS SOLD BANJOS
MASTERTONE
STYLE WITH HEAVY BRASS TONE RING, FLATTOP, IMPORTED BY FENDER. HAS
SHUBB ADJUSTABLE SLIDING 5TH STRING CAPO. IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS A VERY
SOLID TONE (WHICH OF COURSE GOES ALONG WITH ITS WEIGHT), A REALLY NICE
SOUNDING INSTRUMENT, NOT LIKE THE NEWER IMPORTS BY FENDER, WHICH ARE OF A
MUCH CHEAPER CONSTRUCTION, WITH LIGHTWEIGHT POT METAL RIMS.
MAYA MASTERTONE COPY $595 IN GREAT SHAPE, GOLD PLATED, BOWTIE INLAYS, A GOOD HEAVYWEIGHT BLUEGRASS BANJO, BUT LIGHT ON THE POCKET! SOLD
PIRLES LONGNECK (VEGA PETE SEEGER COPY) $295 VGC+ NICE STRAIGHT NECK TOO! PROBABLY JAPANESE. GEARED TUNERS EXCEPT 5TH. RESONATOR HAS EAGLE SILK-SCREENED ON IT.
S.S. STEWART AMERICAN PRINCESS $795, Exc.
condition, calfskin head, this model has a shorter sacale and a smaller head,
it sounds just fine with the calfskin head! Single clad rim.SOLD
S.S. STEWART? Probably, but no name! 11" head $695circa
1920 with nice ornate back-to-back
matching inlays at the headstock and 1st fret areas. Single clad rim, 20
brackets, all original. Moon and star inlays at 5th fret and on the headstock.SOLD
SILVERTONE
by HARMONY, 60'S, $249 PICS» SOLD BANJOS
Excellent condition and playability! SOLD
THESE ARE MY FAVORITE CHEAPY OLD TIME BANJOS!
Plastic head and wood rim, a nice sounding old-timey banjo with easily removed
resonator!
VEGA OF BOSTON LONG NECK $659, PICS SOLD BANJOS
VEGA TUBAPHONE 5 STRING BANJO, EX-PLECTRUM W/NEW NECK $1095 SOLD
VENTURA bowtie inlay MASTERTONE COPY, flathead $550, VGC, PICS
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front pic is above, under Aria Pro II banjo. SOLD
jubilEe
minstrel OPENBACK 12", VICTORIAN PEGHEAD $1495 SOLD
OLD
NONAME CIRCA 1910 $309
HAS A SKIN
HEAD AND PLANETARY TUNERS AND MANY BRACKETS!
PLAYS ANDS SOUNDS GOOD, WARM TONE, NO TONE RING.
OLD
NONAME OPENBACK CIRCA 1900 $379SOLD 
A REAL OLDTIMEY
LOOKING (AS IN 1800'S) BANJO!
HAS PLANETARY PEGS. I
RESET THE NECK, AND THE NECK ANGLE CAN NOW (AGAIN) BE ADJUSTED BY SIMPLY
TURNING THE ADJUSTMENT SCREW, WITH YOUR FINGERS, SEE RIGHT PIC. VERY
NICE TONE FROM THE THIN WOODEN RIM, METAL CLAD ON THE OUTSIDE OF
IT. I ALSO REPAIRED THE NECK, THE REPAIRS ARE VISIBLE AT THE HEEL
OF THE NECK, RIGHT PIC. IT PLAYS EASILY AND IS IN GENERAL IN VERY GOOD
SHAPE ASIDE FROM THE SMALLVISIBLE REPAIR AT THE HEEL. THE RIM HAS 2
BRACKET HOLES IN BETWEEN EACH MOUNTED BRACKET, IT MUST HAVE HAD ABOUT 75
BRACKETS AT ONE TIME! THE HOLES ARE VISIBLE IN RIGHT PIC.
WOOD
POT (FRANK PROFIT STYLE) TRAVEL BANJO $150 »PIC CLICK HERE
SOLD!
NICE LITTLE BANJO. HAS
NON-ADJUSTABLE SKINHEAD (RUMORED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH SHARK IN THE
MORNING).
S.S.
Stewart Banjo w/small resonator $299 SOLD
A lightweight, and plain by their standards, old timey banjo, in
excellent condition!
The resonator is the same diameter as the rim.
STEWART
MONOGRAM TRAVEL BANJO (EX-TENOR) SOLD
VEGA TUBAPHONE, 12" HEAD, EX-PLECTRUM, fine condition, NEW NECK, wohc, $1095, » PICS HERE I've had a nice new neck made for it, in the vega style. THE CASE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE TOO. THE BANJO HAS A GREAT FULL AND WARM TONE WITH GOOD SUSTAIN AND BRIGHTNESS, EVEN WITH THE CALFSKIN HEAD!
OLD
NONAME OPENBACK SOLD
COLUMBIA
OPENBACK
SOLD
SOLD 4 STRING BANJOS
B
& D SILVER BELL
SOLD
GIBSON
MASTERTONE 1970
GIBSON PB 250 MASTERTONE
PLECTRUM, 1964, WHCs, $1950, VGC SOLD!
one piece flange,
mastertone flat top tone ring. mahogany resonator. very good condition with
nice hard case! it even has a richelieu pick holder attached to the right of
the bridge (see pic)! very little fret wear and in really nice shape for its'
age! has a replacement set of grover planets.
gibson
oriole tenor
SOLD!
ORPHEUM No. 3 TENOR SOLD!
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